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Cover Reveal and Scene Snippet for Jean Lafitte’s Jackson Square

Don’t you wonder what our favorite undead pirate, Jean Lafitte, gets up to between Sentinels books? Stay tuned for the novelette Jackson Square, coming June 24, and find out.

[And thanks to Kim Killion and Killion Designs for the awesome cover!]

And a snippet:

Jean Lafitte pulled out his pocket watch for the third time in a half hour. His little wizard was late, but “late” was the normal state for a woman, was it not? Certainly for this woman. He’d been attempting to charm the wizard’s sentinel of New Orleans for three years, since the hurricane named Katrina had renewed their previously contentious acquaintance and torn down the borders between the modern world at the preternatural Beyond. Indeed, the great privateer Jean Lafitte, in either his human life or as the city’s most famous member of the historical undead, had never spent so much time pursuing a female. Drusilla Jaco had proven uncommonly resistant to his charmes d’amour. This evening, apparently, she had come to her senses, calling the telephone in his suite at the Hotel Monteleone and asking to meet him alone. He pulled open the curtains to allow the glittering lights of the city to help the single lamp illuminate the room in sensuous shadow and replenished his decanter of good brandy. All was ready. Jean grinned at the sound of a firm knock on the door. At last his ardor would be fulfilled—and his need for a perfect business ally as well. He straightened his indigo tunic and opened the door, stifling a flash of disappointment that Drusilla had not attempted to please his eye by donning clothing more feminine. Indeed, she had a distressing habit of dressing like a farm laborer in what she called jeens, but, given time, he could improve her sense of fashion. And with her blond tresses and eyes the color of the clear waters of the Caribbean, she was lovely despite her regrettable attire. Her smile promised everything he desired. “Please come in, Jolie.” He stepped aside so she could enter, but couldn’t resist catching her hand in his and raising it to his lips. “I am pleased you have finally realized that both pleasure and business will come from a union between us.” His gaze rested on the perfect shape of her lips. Until they thinned into a most unattractive line. “A union?” Drusilla’s brows gathered in the stubborn look Jean had quite come to dislike, and she jerked her hand out of his grasp. “Exactly why do you think I’m here?”

And now…did you win a book this week? If so, please email me at suzannej3523 at gmail dot com with your info.

JENNIFER K won a US $10-ish book of choice from the Book Depository for participating in this week’s Shop Talk.

ERIN won a copy of Liv Rancourt’s Forever and Ever, Amen. I think this is a digital book, so what we’ll need is your email and preferred format. [Tour-wide prize giveaways will be handled by Bewitching Book Tours at a later date.]

About Suzanne Johnson

Author of urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and suspense. As Suzanne Johnson, she is the author of the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series (Royal Street; River Road: Elysian Fields, Pirate's Alley, Belle Chasse, Frenchmen Street (March 2018). Writing as Susannah Sandlin, she is the author of the Penton Legacy series (Redemption; Absolution; Omega; Storm Force; Allegiance; ILLUMINATION); The Collectors series (Lovely, Dark, and Deep; Deadly, Calm, and Cold); and the Wilds of the Bayou series (Wild Man's Curse; Black Diamond).